Improved spring-bedstead



lfiulteri 5mm @anni (lfiire.

www

JAKOB BOHMER, OF S'I. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Letters Paten-t No. 89,119, dated April 20, 1869.

mpnovnn sPRmBEDsTEAn.

` To all whom 'it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, J Akon BBMER, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Spring- Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof,l reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

. The nature of this invention is, first, in the arrangement of an elastic support to the bed-bottom,v

p moreover, such that the side and end frame may be folded down upon the bed-bottom so as to occupy less space in transportation.

To enable those herein skilled to make and use my -said improvements, I will now more fully describe the same, referring herein to the accompanying Figure 1 as a sectional elevation; to

Figure 2, as a transverse sectional elevation; and to Figure' 3 as a detail view of the connection of parts forming the bed-bottom.

I construct my said bedstead usually of metal, say wrought iron, forming the springs used thereon of steel, or other proper material, and in such ornamental form as may seem best adapted to the use and taste.

In its usual form my said bedstead will be formed of the end posts A, which may be connected at the top by a horizontal bar, A,to form an end frame, as shown in g. 2.

Said posts are arranged with caster-wheels' a, the bracket, a', hereof will encircle the lower ends of the posts, and thus obtain a wide bearing, therefore permitting a greater lengthof bracket a', and causing the bracket and caster to turn readily in the direction in which the frame is moved.

The two end frames A A' are joined 'by horizontal bars B, these have clasp-links b, which encircle the post A, and may slide thereon, thus allowing a vertical movement of the bars B.

Said links b are hinged to the bar B by the end rod O, of the bed-bottom.

To said end rod C the slats or strips of the bed-bottom are attached, and in order to support the weight hereon, the end rods C are connected-by the hangerrods D, with the cross-bar A of the end frame.

Said hanger-rods D are bent, as indicated in fig. 1, and thus gire a ,iexble and elastic support to the end rods C, and to the bed-bottom as a whole.

To form the sides of my said bedstead, I connect the posts A hy a side rail, E, which will, by the eyes in its ends, be hooked upon proper hooks e, of the posts A.

Said rails E are connected by flexible scroll-work, F, with 'loops or hinges,f, which are .secured to the bars B.

When the side rails E are thus in connection'with the posts, the elastic scrolls F, connecting with the bars B, the elastic support of the bed-bottom is thus completed.

When it is desired to reduce the compass of said bedstead, in transportation and storage, the side rails E will be disengaged -from the hooks e, and the entire side ii'ame E F then turned down to rest upon the bed-bottom, thereupon the end frames A AI -will be turned about the axis of the end rod O, this turning .with the end frame A A', so that the top end of the frame will rest on the bed-bottom.

In connection with the parts aforesaid, I arrange a spring-bed bottom, as now to be described.

The slats, or strips G, are looped about the end rods C, they are interlaced by transverse slats H, being riveted, or otherwise joined at the intersections. At the points of intersection, I support said strips by the elastic springs I, the ends whereof are held in the loops t, which secure to the slats G H, by their joint rivet.

Said springs are formed as indicated in figs. 1 and 3, and at their lower ends are supported in bearingloops i,which are riveted to the bottom strips K, these again are riveted to the side bars B, of the bedstead.

By the peculiar form of said springs I, they will act effectively as an elastic support under local or unequally distributed pressure, whilst the elastic support of the entire bed-bottom, as heretofore described, is eicient to reduce jar and-discon1fort under even very great and sudden shocks.

The several features thus described as in the nature of this invention, are in nowise especially dependent upon each other, and the experienced mechanic will readily be enabled to use individual features of this invention in connection with ordinary forms of bedsteads, such as are in common use.

In connection with my said bedstead, a frame for supporting a mosquito-bar may be readily attached, the eye-staples x, on the bed-posts,'being arranged to receive the posts of such a frame.

Having thus fully described my said invention,

What I claim, is-

The post A, clasp-links b, bars B, scrolls F, and side rails E, combined with the end rods C, and hangers D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JAKOB BHMER.

Witnesses: v

GEO. 1. HnRrHnL, Jr., J om GRIMM 

